Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Maine

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 30,145
Median household income: $58,522
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,455 94.4%
Black or African American alone 184 0.6%
Asian alone 176 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 137 0.5%
Two or more races 1,138 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 471 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

Under 18 5,177 17.2%
18–24 3,217 10.7%
25–44 6,449 21.4%
45–64 8,339 27.7%
65 and over 6,963 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 1.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,419
Establishments: 1,152

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,169 30.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,170 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,884 17.9%
Professional & business services 533 5.1%
Public administration 431 4.1%
Financial activities 385 3.7%
Construction 145 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.0%
Median gross rent: $759
Owner-occupied: 9,592
Renter-occupied: 2,865

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,836 votes cast

Republican 9,459 53.0%
Democratic 7,990 44.8%
Other / third-party 387 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 347 1.2%
Spanish 185 0.6%
German 79 0.3%
Other Indo-European 71 0.2%
Tagalog 54 0.2%
Chinese 49 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Other 26 0.1%
Korean 19 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,457
Family households: 6,975; 56.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,584
Single-mother households: 520
Veterans: 2,205; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,985 13.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,577 5.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,436 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 474 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Franklin County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Maine Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. Maine has ~17 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 16 county branches under a unified bench (4 M.R.S. § 101), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 courts.maine.gov roster.)
Court seats: Farmington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Maine statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023